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    Ironically, the seed article seems to show the exact opposite... That the "free unregulated" (which actually translates into "expensive and highly regulated") access to guns is, in fact, a very minor part of the issue. The vast majority of the deaths are unrelated, and would occur even if we did throw out all of our rights. As for the religious fervor with which SOME Americans worship rights (not guns), I wish we could spread it! It's sickening how 90% of my countrymen are more than willing to give up their rights and/or take them away from others.
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    Sounds like, yet again, the only good choice is NOTA!
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    I'm still hung up on the 3 step process to suicide proof my home... At least these guys are good for some comic relief.
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    and Ohio's has one specific company designated to run the casinos... but those specific examples of stupidity don't excuse adding more.
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    Good point. In those races, and sadly they are many, that don't have any good candidates running, I vote for whomever is not the incumbent, on the theory that it may at least take them a little while to get their system of graft set up.
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    That article was dead-on! Constitutions create, define, and restrict governments. They are not the place to stash laws, taxes, pet projects or anything else the weasels want to sneak through.
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    But they really don't, Sky... That's the problem. I think half the time, they don't even look at the names at all... In this country, we don't vote for people; we vote for parties. Kind of like in this post: Think Ron realizes that quote could be reversed and still be just as accurate? It's thoroughly ingrained to see only the party affiliation, and not the fact that all of them are bought and paid for and grossly incompetent.
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    It is everywhere... It's called Reckless Op
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    COULD it be done? Yes, absolutely. It would take a lot more work than you think, but it could be done. What we're vainly attempting to explain is why it should never be considered, let alone accomplished. Rights are often unpopular, or they wouldn't need to be protected in the first place. Sometimes paychecks help; let's try that. Everyone posting on this thread gets to vote on whether we take your paycheck and divy it up amongst all SC posters. Good idea or bad? Wanna try it? Regardless of how the vote goes, are you going to comply? Probably not... Some things just aren't open to votes, and never should be.
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    That one's quite simple. One is voting on a particular candidate. The other is voting on rights. Rights are not subject to a vote. Political candidates are.
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    I disagree that no one is injured in several those examples, however, I was referring more to drug possession. This country is addicted to legislation. We've got so much now that no one can possible read or know it all, and the vast majority is doing NOTHING... well, nothing positive, anyway. The war on drugs has been a godsend for criminals
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    You DO know that home brewing is generally ok (up to a limit) but home distilling is generally forbidden by our benevolent masters in DC, right?
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    Or, and I know this is a radical concept, we could try this... Stop pretending that "victimless crime" is actually crime...
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    No can do, SD... That's illegal in our country. Only parroting of the approved party line is permissible.
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    Free bacon hors d'oeuvre at the door...
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    How about My First Guillotine?
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    Agreed, and my intent with the quotation marks was to highlight the use of a colloquial term. Sadly, this topic has been so politicized and polarized, that all we have left are co-opted labels (sort of like the abortion issue...). If any on that side of the discussion have a preferred term, let me know and I'll gladly adapt.
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    As does everyone. The crux of the issue is that some people understand that cannot be accomplished legislatively and some do not. For the life of me, I cannot understand why that is so difficult to grasp for a large portion of the population. Criminals, by definition, break the law, so how is a law going to stop them from doing something? I just don't get the "grabber" mentality...
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    OK, I gotta ask... If pots and pans made the list, where's "pointy stick"?
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    Let's eat grandma! Er, I mean... let's eat, grandma!
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    That's just silly... Go with flight!
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    Glad to see you're getting it, Sky... One is a right, and the other a responsibility. Although, I would point out that most if not all rights, also carry with them reciprocal responsibilities, and THAT is what many of my countrymen fail to grasp .
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    Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, malodorous, pervert!!!
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    Who the hell but you is saying MOST? So, it would appear we've agreed it's not all, and not even most... Now the question is, can the other side agree that one is too many? Take, for example, Milton Olin: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736376/Deputy-killed-former-Napster-COO-drifting-bike-lane-distracted-laptop-NOT-face-charges-answering-work-related-email.html http://www.scribd.com/doc/237940150/Official-document-Deputy-won-t-be-charged-in-death-of-Calabasas-bicyclist-Milton-Olin Does anyone have any doubts that any non-leo would be up on charges after running someone down while texting? I'm all for a separate standard for leos but it should be a higher standard, not a get away with whatever you want standard. We get enough of that BS from the Feds.
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    So, there are only two options? They're ALL coverups, or they're ALL legit? Bullshit. No one here believes that